MIAMI – FIU men's basketball standouts Brian Beard, Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, California) and Osasumwen Osaghae (Miami, Florida) have been rewarded after impressive seasons with the Panthers. Beard, Jr. was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team and to the league's All-Defensive Team, while Osaghae joins his teammate as an All-Defensive selection, the conference announced Monday. The duo proved, this season, to be two of the most dangerous defensive threats in C-USA.
Beard, Jr., a senior guard, finished the regular season leading the team in scoring, averaging 17.4 points-per-contest, which is good enough for seventh in Conference USA.